Endermite

Endermite

Health points	8
Behavior	Hostile
Attack strength	Easy: 2 Normal: 2 Hard: 3
Hitbox size	Height: 0.3 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks
Spawn	5% chance when an ender pearl lands

Endermites are small hostile mobs that may spawn when the player throws an ender pearl.

Spawning

Endermites have a 5% chance to spawn when an ender pearl lands when thrown by a player. The endermite spawns where the player threw the pearl, not where the pearl lands.

Drops

Endermites drop 3 when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior

Endermites attack players (and iron golems‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}) within 16 blocks of them. If a mob attacks an endermite, any endermites in the area become hostile toward that mob. They can attack endermen when spawned with a spawn egg.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Endermites despawn within 2 minutes, regardless of the player's distance from the endermite, except for when they have been named with a name tag.

Endermites emit particles around them, the same particles as endermen, ender chests and nether portals.

Due to being arthropods, they are affected by the Bane of Arthropods enchantment.

Endermites, along with Silverfish, are not all too dangerous, but are considered a nuisance at best because they can be difficult to hit, due to their small hitbox, quick movement speed, and oftentimes unpredicatble movement patterns. Endermites pose almost no threat, as even a totally unarmoured player is safe from one, as they do minimal attack damage, and can be outran or punched to death easily. Endermites currently have basically zero use, outside of Enderman farms. Aside from that, they could be called "useless", as they have no meaningful drops, and they are so rare that most players don't even know they exist. However, due to how weak and small they are, an Endermite (and by extension, Silverfish) could potentially be kept as a pet, provided it is kept in an enclosed area, and named with a nametag, or else it will despawn.

Endermen

Endermen attempt to kill endermites that spawn from ender pearls, or endermites that are spawned from spawn eggs.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} In Java Edition 1.17, Endermen attack all endermites

Endermen can target an endermite from up to 64 blocks away.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Endermite scuttles	?	?	entity.endermite.ambient	subtitles.entity.endermite.ambient	?	?	16
	Endermite dies	?	?	entity.endermite.death	subtitles.entity.endermite.death	?	?	16
	Endermite hurts	?	?	entity.endermite.hurt	subtitles.entity.endermite.hurt	?	?	16
	Footsteps	?	Unused sound event	entity.endermite.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	None	None	None

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Entity tags (JE)	Translation key
Endermite	endermite	powder_snow_walkable_mobs	entity.minecraft.endermite

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Endermite	endermite	55	entity.endermite.name

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

Endermites have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities
  • Tags common to all mobs
  •  Lifetime: How long the endermite has existed in ticks. Disappears when this reaches around 2400.
  •  PlayerSpawned: 1 or 0 (true/false) - if true, Endermen will attack the endermite.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 34 mobs: Blaze Cave Spider Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_a_mob
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 34 mobs: Blaze Cave Spider Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_all_mobs

History

Java Edition
1.8		14w11a			Added endermites.
					Endermen are hostile to endermites.
					Endermites have a 15% chance of spawning when an enderman teleports (with that chance decreasing by 1 percentage point per endermite spawn) and a 5% chance to spawn when a player uses an ender pearl.
					Endermites have a texture of a purple silverfish.
		14w11b			Endermites no longer despawn when named with a name tag.
		14w17a			Endermites now have a unique model.
					Endermen are no longer hostile to non-pearl-spawned endermites.
		14w28a			Endermites no longer spawn from endermen.
1.11		16w32a			The endermite's entity ID has been changed from Endermite to endermite.
1.15		Pre-Release 3			Endermites no longer suffocate in soul sand.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added endermites.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added endermites.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10					Added endermites.

Issues

Issues relating to "Endermite" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Endermites are the smallest hostile mobs in Minecraft.

See also

• The End
• Enderman
• Ender pearl
• Spawn Egg
• Tutorial: Endermite Lure Trap

References

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